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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-10-05
A plnnet raken wien COMMUNION.

A correspondent Of the Pioneer Press,
OF India, gives the following account Of
"facts as witnessed by myself, wife and
two Mahommedan servants, all four see
ing the phenomenon simultaneously, and
not for a minnie OF so, but for upward
of an hour:" cat about 8 80 o'clock in
the evening, while sitting at dinner, one
Of my khitmutgars came in from the out
side and said: 'Sir, just step out and
see what a tamasha is taking place with
the star Sook'--the native name for
Venus. Out we went, and sure enough,
there was Venus, large and bright, but,
strange to say, falling two, three and
four feet at time, then oscillating from
right to left; sometimes dashing to the
right and then to the left several feet at
a time. These movements continued in
rapid succession, and were plainly APP
parent to all at once; but this was not all.
Venus, when we first saw her, was, say,
apparently some four hundred yards
above horizon. While watching her. we
observed a star (some two yards, to look
at) above suddenly fall into Venus and
there remain. We were amazed. Tho
natives exclaimed The last day is al
hand, and so on. We watched Venu!
rapidly descending until she dipped tn,
horizon. At times she appeared her usua
size and quite bright, then again hardl!
visible. Perhaps the phenomenon de
scribed can be explained by some ont
versed in astronomy. l again repea
that what has been described was seen b,
myself, wife and two native servants
and could by no means have been i'm
agination."
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-10-05
Save the Cornstalks.

We still have farmers by the thousand
who never cut up any corn, and who do
not get dollars worth of feed per acre
from their cornfelds, and not infre-
quently damage the land by tramplng
more than all they get is worth, saws
Waldo f. Brown, in the New York
Tribune. If this dry season compcls
them to save part of their fodder so as
to teach them its value, that will be some
compensation for short crops. The great
bugbear to these farmers in feeding corn
stalks is the waste of butts. "What can
we do with the coarse stalksl" they ask /;
''they are in the way in the managers and
1t takes year to rot them There are
two ways to manage the corn butts;
either will reduce them to fine manure
by or before May 1. If you will rig some
kind of cutter and cut the fodder, even
into footlengths, the waste can be used
for bedding either horses or cattle, and
will be trampcd fiat and rot quicker than
straw. My nearest neighbor cuts his on
block with a broadaXe, and with one
to hold the bundle and another to use the
axe, fodder for four or six horses can be
cut In few minutes. use V-shaped
cutting-boX with a circular or curved
knife and find it quite speedy
But the trouble with the cornstalks is
more imaginary than real when the fod-
der is fed long. When l feed without
cutting, as l often do, l carry the waste
from the managers once day and spread
1t in the barnyard, and it is so mixed
with the waste straw from the stacks and
and the manure from the stable, and so
well tramped by the cattle, that it only
needs forking into a pile, and allowed
to heat, to prepare it for use. Managed
in this way, when once the cattle break
the cater shell of the stalks by tramping,
! shey will rot quicker than straw and are
better absorbents. One trouble in most
stables is the small narrow managers in
which the fodder must be fed. My
stables for both horses and cattle are ar.
ranged with a feed-foor instead of a
manger; or it might be called a continu-
GUS manger, made wide and high enough
so that l can walk the entire length of il
with my arms full of corn butts like
this for feeding either hay or fodder, as
there is always an accumulation of dust
and dirt in any manger, and this enables
me to sweep it from end to end, as there
is no obstruction.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-10-05
How to Build an Icehouse.

The foundation for an icehouse is the
first requisite, and this should be dry and
perfectly sealed against the air. A round
knoll is the best site, with slope in each
direction, and sandy or gravelly soil is
the best ground. Proceed then as fol-
lows: Dig out eighteen inches of the
ground and throw the earth all around,
to be afterward raised around the foun-
dation to furnish the slope required to
shed rain water. Make stone or brick
wall, laid with cement, three feet high
and foot thick, which will raise the
foundation little more than the sloping
ground, just enough to secure the base
against contact with the earth and conse-
quent rot A sill 12x3 is then laid on
the wall and bedded in the cement or
mortar, and a frame of stu1ding 2X4 is
trenailed on to the sill inside and out
side. The studs are tied together by
cross pieces here and there to keep them
from spreading. A plate of 12x2 is
spiked on the studs. The studs are COW
cred with tarred roofing paper or felt,
and an outside wall is made of novelty
siding, which laps over the foot wall two
inches on to beveled water table fast
tuCu W OlOChS Dulll III lnt wall lOI Lllt
purpose. The inside wall is made of
matched boards or boards jointed to fit
closely and TO the space between the
walls is filed with sawdust.
Cross beams are then laid on the
plates and spiked TO them, and the
rafters are spiked to the plates and cross
beams. There is no need for close fit
under the caves or boxing in the rafters,
as amble ventilation above the ice is q
necessity. For family OF dairy using
100 pounds of ice day for Z months 2C
tons Of it should be put up. This would
make 800 cubic feet and would require {
house 10 feet square inside and IL fee
high. A tight roof is needed to keel
out rain, which would quickly melt tn,
ice. Three requisites for keeping icl
are an alr-tight and water free founda
tion, an aiT-tight non-conducting wall
and plenty of ventilation above over I
sufficient non-conducting covering. Th
ice is packed in a house of this kind o.
the earth floor upon foot of sawdust; n
sawdust is required around the ice, bu
this is packed close to the wall and a
spaces filled with ice dust. A covering
two feet deep Of sawdust is placed owe
the ice. The door is double. A coo
closet can be built in an icehouse of tn
kind, but it will waste a large quantit
of the ice, and then a drain pipe shoul
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-10-05
A Cure for Rheumatism.

The English Mechanic prints the follow
ing as speedy cure for rheumatism f.
One quart of milk, quite hot, into which
stir one ounce Of alum; this will make
curds and whey. Battle the part affected
with the whey until too cold. In the
meantime keeps the curds hot, and,
after bathing, put them on poultice,
wrap in flannel and go to sleep you cam
Three applications should be a perfect
cure, even in aggravated cases,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-10-05
Narrow Escape From n Big Bear.

The largest bear any of us ever saw
was cinnamon that came within an inch
of killing one of my men, good hun
ter and tirst-class guido-Charles Huff.
Il may refer to the big cinnamon, too, as
an instance of the danger that sometimes
attends trapping the bear.) He had set
his traps near Sunlight, in the spriSg,
and was unable to visit them for week.
When we got to the bait, trap and log
were gone. After taking up the trail, he
soon found the remnants of his log
chewed to match-wood ; the bear, evil
IDENTIFY large one, had gone off with the
trap. He followed his trail as long as he
had light, but found nothing, and had to
return to camp. Next day, very fool
ishly, he took the trail again alone, be-
ginning where he had left off. After a
long march he came to the steep side of a
hill the bear had evidently gone up
there; on the soft, snow-sodden ground
the trail was plain. just as he was be
ginning to ascend, there was a rush and
a roar, and the bear was on him. He
had no time to put his repeater to his
shoulder, but letting it fall between his
hands, pulled the trigger. The bear was
within few feet of him, and by great
chance the unaimed bullet took him be-
tween the eyes. He had evidently tried
the hillside, and, worried by the heavy
trap, had come back on his trail and
lain behin1 a great heap of dirt, into
which he had partly burrowed, waiting
for his enemy. Among the debris OF
spring -tide-fallen stones and uprooted
| trees-a bear could easily lie hidden, if he
was mad and wanted to conceal himself
till the enemy was within few feet. 1t
was a terribly close ve.-Seri6ner's
] MI0dzine.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-10-05
FARM AND GARDEN.


'Tt has always been question TO our
mind, says the Farm and Home, "why
there are so many homes without bees.
There is no diet more delicious or health
full than honey. II is within the reach of
every one. There is not housewife in
this broad land who docs not feel touch
of pride and satisfaction when she can
place before her guests, assembled around
her hospitable board, dish of nice
honey. The friends somehow feel that
they have been especially favored and re-
assured of hearty welcome. 1t is far
superior to the doctored store molasses
or sorghum, and can be had for less cost
or labor Your wife will have to pay
more attention and bestow moro labor
in raising a brood of chickens than will
be required for several colonies of bees. y
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-10-05

be made with an % in It to prevent air
passing through II into the ice. The
closet should be made with walls of zinc
or galvanized iron and have double door
like that of the icehouse. With such
closet twice the quantity of ice will be
required. .-Neo York Times.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-10-05

The foot stove of our ancestors has a
descendant in the mutf warmer, which
will be fashionable next winter 1t is u
small silver box, containing fuse Of
some slowly burning material, which is
TO be carried il. the muif TO warm the
fingers Of beauty during shopping tours.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-10-05
hIt NOT singular

That consumptives should be least apprescn-
sive of their own condition, while all their
friends are urging and beseeching them 20 be
more careful about exposure and OVERRIDING. IL
may well be considered one OF the most alarm
ing symptoms of the disease, where the patient
is reckless and will not believe that he is in
danger. Reader, IL you are in this condition,
do not neglect the only means OF recovery.
Avoid exposure and fatigue, be regular in your
habits, and use faithfully of DIR. Percc's
"Golden Medical Discovery" lt has saved
thousands who were steadily failing.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-10-05

Don't hawk, hawk, blow, spit, and disgust
everybody with your offensive breath, but usC
DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy and end it.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-10-05

Arc made pallid and unattractive by function
al irregularities which DIR. Pierce's "Favorite
Prescription" will infallibly cure. Thousands
of testimonials. BY druggists.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-10-05

II affiicted with sore eyes use Or. Isaac Thomp-
sons Eye-water Druggists sell at 25c- per bottle
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-10-05

JAPANESE ladies are rapidly adopting tn,
European fashion Of dress.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-10-05

THE births recorded in London every week
exceed'the deaths by more than a thousand,
and during the next ten years the increase in
the number Of inhabitants will probably be
nearly three-Quarters Of n million.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-10-05

THE Gentle votes Of Utah are about Is per
cent. of the whole number.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-10-05

The best cough medicine is Piso's Cure for
Consumption. Sold everywhere. 25c.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-10-05

ROYAL GLUE mends anythingl Broken Chi.
ma, Glass, Wood. Free Walls at Drugs & Gro
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-01-05
Continued from 1st page.)
CEDAR GROVE CLUB.

EDITOR PROGRESSIVE FARMER
Some time since you heard from
Cedar Grove club. We have had
two meetings since, the first on De-
cember 3 1886. The attendance was
medium. The president addressed
the club on the Importance Of a
mass convention and suggested e v
eral things for our consideration.
The second was a called meeting.
The subject was, How to manage
labor on the farm. The President
made an interesting speech, adj
vancing several ideas: first, pay the
hand every Saturday. 1t would
make him handle his tools more
lively. Since the war they cheat
their employers out Of all they can.
The employer pays them in a way
that they feel they have been cheat
ed. They become dissatisfied, think
they a do better somewhere else
and off they 60. Tobacco manufac-
turers control their labor. They
won't hire hands that leaves another
factory. Suppose we undertake to
make a large crop Of tobacco. hire a
dozen hands and get started all
right. The u shines hot. | can
do better somewhere else, they say,
and off they go. How can we con
troll it?
Samuel Alspaugh.-It is a hard
thing to control. 1t is a good plan
to do u w work. Capitalists
have tried to control it., with poor
results.
C. Conrad.-I have been a hire
ling. Honesty is the best policy.
When you make a contract stick to
it. Promise but m at a time and
work for that one. Then pay the
laborer his wages.
J. /. CRAFT, SEC.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-01-05

CHANGE IN FIRM.-As will be seen in
the announcement elsewhere, there has
been a change in the firm of Hinshaw &
Bvnum, Mr.. Bynum retiring and Mr..
y. H. Medearis taking his place. This
is one of the best established houses in
this country, and is making arrange
ments for a large increase of business
this year.
Southern farmers and gardeners
should buy their seeds from Southern
houses of character. See advertisements
in this issue of T. w. Wood & Sons,
Richmond, Va, and of J. w. Vandiver,
Weaverville, n. c.. We have received a
handsome catalogue from each of these
houses. Send and get one. 1t will pay
you. Mailed free.
No town, perhaps, in the South of
equal population has more young men
than Winston, and yet sc far as we know
every one of them is constantly and hon
orably employed. As a class they are
active. intelligent, we'll behaved gentle
men and would do honor to any commu-
nifty. We are proud of our boys.
Capt. W. II. Green, for many years
Superintendent of the r. Il D. r. r. has
been made superintendent of the North
Carolina division from Goldsboro to
Winston-Salem, in place Of Col. A. B.
Andrews, who has been elected third
vice president of the r. & D. railroad
company. In this instance one good
officer takes the place of another, for
they are both men of recognized ability
and thorough training. The public will
md Capt. Green not only a thoroughly
qualified official. but a clever gentleman
with a head full of brains and an eye
not only to the interest of the corpora
ton which he represents but also to
the interest of those who have dealings
with it.
Winston and the travelling public
are TO be congratulated. Mr.. Robert w.
belo, the clever proprietor of the we'll
Known Belo House, in Salem, having
purchased the Central Hotel property in
WINSTON Is now ~renovating the building
from cellar to garrett. Busy workmen
WIN VIII trowel, hammer and brush are rap.
"uy giving it a new and inviting appear.
"nce' Everything will be new and fresh
+ ths. now we feel happy in the assurance
snaI WINSTON will have afirst-class house
ulaer the management of our clever.
H''entiVe and big-hearted hotelist. We
m NAVE long needed just such a house as
we we leel assured Mr. Belo will give us
,oo' hotels are important to the bust
me>S character and success of all towns
"nn cities. This scores another step for
ward for Winston.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-01-05
FOR THE CONVENTION.
POCKET, MOORE COUNTY, J
December 10Th, 1886.

EDITOR PROGRESSIVE FARMER
At the last meeting of the Pocket
farmers club No. |, the following
resolution was passed which we for
ward you for publication:
Resolyed: That we favor the holding
of a Farmers convention at Greensboro
at an early day for the purpose of organ
ling a State Convention and that we
cordially endorse the PROGRESSIVE FAR
MER in urging the holding of a conven-
ton.
EvANDER McGILvARY, Pres,
J. F. GILLIAN, Sec'y.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-01-05
HICKORY CLUB.

At the last regular meeting of
the Hickory club a resolution was
passed favoring the holding of a
farmers convention at Greensboro
on the 18th inst, and a meeting of
the farmers of Catawba county was
recommended to be held on the Sth
inst. to send delegates to the same.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-01-05
S~LEEPING-CAR SERVICE.

On trains so and 81, Pullman Buffet
Sleeper between Atlanta and New ork.
On trains so and SO, Pullman Buffet
Sleepers between Washington and Mont
gomery, Washington and Aiken. Pull
man Sleeper between Richmond and
Greensboro. Pullman Sleeper between
Greensboro and Raleigh.
Through tickets on sale at principal
stations to all points.
For rates and information apply to any
agent of the company, or to
JAS. L. TAYLOR,
Genl. Pass. Agent.
SOL. HAAS, Traffic Manager.
WASHINGTON, D. C.
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"'nston Tobaeeu @arket.

breaks smaller since last report, with
>'SAt Improvement in quality. No
"'se to note in prices. Active demand
,vF cutters and fine wrappers.
N0NREcTED WEEKLY AT THE
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-01-05
gorals.

The Reform Club of our town num-
,ors $50 members. :
Don't miss the train. Read the new
h,lule on the Richmond & Danville
Railroad.
large iron front building of
Jacob Tise, on Main Street, is nearing
completion and will be an ornament to
that locality.
Our club proceedings are especially
interesting this week. There is some
rich and racy reading in the proceed
incs of Trinity club.
Brown Bros. have broken ground
Immediately west of the large wholesale
and retail store of Hinshaw and Bynum,
~ fourth street and will erect a block
of stores.
What day of the month is it? When
does the moon change? When is our
next Court? All these and a thousand
other everyday questions are answered
in that old and reliable Blum's Almanac,
which is now ready for 1887.
Temperature for the past eve days,
taken at 9 a. m, by a Signal Service
Thermometer, at Ashcraft & Owens
drug store:
December PIP. December $50.
DS-3S January Ito
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-12
10 REMOVE The NENAGERIE.
THE SITE NEAR NORTH MEADOW FAVORED.

A PETITION TO BE SENT TO ALBANY IN FAVOR Oh
BILL TO AUTHORIZE THE CHANGE.
/ President Borden, OF the Park Department In
answer to some OF the objections made by properly.
owners In the Of the east side OF central
Park against the menagere at the Arsenal yesterday
presented some OF the features OF the bill for It's 70
moval. Among those "ho we're present were Henry
Kniskerbocker, Heber R Pishop. 8. Wormser, c. A.
Postley II. o. Armour. W. II. Tilling hast Austin
Abbott and 4. w. Woe,z Superintendent Vonklin
explained the present arrangements Tor the animals
about the sena the drainage and the extent OF tbe
rrounds On o map OF Central Park there was
POINTED out the triangular tract OF land above the
reservoir on which 10 proposed to place the zoooKi
Of land tho most Of which is irregular and rocky IL
"A separated from the broad stretch OF the North
Meadow. by the Ninetvsrthst transverse across inc
Park This tract Is large enough 10 anosa ice,
mark and o buffalo paddock, while In the present
quarters these animals confined in small enclosures
where they have little moro than room enough 10
turn around The Of tSs Pnrn
through the transverse road, and would thoroughly
drain the grounds.
ent state of things not against the menagcne IN
ITSELF which was recognized as al important popular
feature in which the public greatly interested
but it blocked up one OF tho main entrances 10 the
Park and was anything but slightly OBJECT, besides
deprco.ting the value OF adjacent property.
Mr.. Knickcrbocker thought that the menagere
should M, err have been placed at The Arsenal and nc
by the bill. A.,
Mr.. Borden said that little had been done TO the
buildings and cages around the Arsenal except to
h, CD them In presentbe shape and to make the best
OF the present sewerage iates He thought that the
present bill, which has Mayor ewitts az prevail was
likely to pass In that event, he said. work would
begin 90 soon possible In the summer or tall tor
putting the grounds in -hape and removing such
bui dngs as could be taken from the Arsenal. he
thought that the removal could be accvmp ishcd
that q transer OF tho amin IL might DO made next
sprng. Tue Arsenal would then probably be torn
down and ths ground laid Jut attractive walks and
lawns II tho bill IL not adopted he believed the
policy OF the DepaI tmeut should be TO proceed with
the additions to the present grounds "a would then
DO doubtful when any change could be made
After some discussion it was finally determined that
O strong petition should be prepared to the LegSlat-
uro and circulated among all interested IN having the
menagere removed. The EDITION will bot .olely urge
the removal the grouLd OF the objections 10 The
monaeerie but also be' the site proposed IS
ono that will permit the esta -hment OF geological
collection that Will DO worthy OF Ncwl ork This petit
ton is 10 DO sent 20 the Legislature early next week
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-12
BUDD MAY SETTLE WITH MR. MALLORY

THE PRISONER RHNANDED on ACCOUNT or ILL
. Hpss--JusTICE pUFYY SPEAKS
Pale and saalookng with his large dark gancinc
Around the crowd that awaited bin. Francis g. Bndd,
age twentv-sx stood before Jnsiice Duffy at the Toms
Yesterday. charged by Marshall II. MALLORY. Of Ths
Chnrrhpnn with the grand larceny OF $4,000. Budd
orcnp,cd apartments nj No 235 Lexnrtonaye and had
Offices nj Nos 81 and &c Broadway. where ne acted as
is Ruid asked Mr. Mallory for $1,000 and submitted
note made ny Bndd and pnrporting TO nave been n
dorsed by Mrs. GeOralana Bishop. win wnOD MT MAI
lOry Ia acdnained Believing The Endorsement Ia he all
rgn', he gave Budd his certified check for $4,000
which Rnid cashed The note returned 10 Mr. Nal
lory "a worthless and sydney Bishop OF Mrs Bishop
who Is u broker at No walsi told Mr.. Mallory that
the Endorsement NJ his mother was n forCerv. MEAN
while yonnz Budd and his confidential clerk William
Reatng OF No 307 East Thirty seyenihst had gone for
Canada, hut Heating returned 10 Hew-fork aving
Bndd az the Windsor Hotel in Montreal
where he was arrested on last Monday
about $4,000 Yesterda, through his counsel. james
f. Cunning no waived examination. and Jnstre Dnny,
remanded him to Police Headquarters 10 charge Of the
detectives. who said that Budi was SICK He VIII come
up for examination Monday In speaking OF tho case
Justice Duffy said In open court:
oppsei these mysterious ways Of doing business
There for the rich any than for the poor The
state, All be taken before the nearest
sitting magstrate "a ,on a. possible granted remand
isae action because Of hj. free will viii
Justice White Fifty. street Court who granted
and he the back 10 this
morning The controversy that occurred between counsel
adjournment until Monday Mr. cunning having stated that
there would likely be settlement However, III grant no
me In open court public through The press l.,
know all the proceedings after aav has been sworn To-